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Guidelines for death scene investigation of sudden, unexplained infant deaths : recommendations of the Interagency Panel on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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June 21, 1996
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Alternative Title:SUIDIRF;Sudden unexplained infant death investigation report form;
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Corporate Authors:Interagency Panel on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Reproductive Health. ; National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.). Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects.
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Description:"Because no uniform procedure has been developed for collecting and evaluating information on sudden, unexplained infant deaths (SUIDs) in the United States, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives recommended in 1992 that the U.S Department of Health and Human Services Interagency Panel on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) establish a standard scene investigation protocol for SUIDs. Two members of the panel, the Division of Reproductive Health of CDC and the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health, convened a workshop in July 1993 to gather information and ideas to use in developing such a protocol. Workshop participants, who included consultants having expertise in SIDS and representatives of public and private organizations concerned with SIDS, suggested that the Interagency Panel on SIDS develop both a short-form protocol and a longer, comprehensive protocol. The participants also recommended data items to include in the short-form protocol. This report includes the short form, which was developed to standardize the investigation of SUID scenes; ensure that information pertinent to determining the cause, manner, and circumstances of an infant death is considered in each investigation; and assist researchers in accurately determining the cause of and risk factors for SIDS. It can be used by medical examiners, coroners, death investigators, and police officers. Instructions for using the protocol are also included." - p. 1
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Content Notes:The material in this report was prepared for publication by: Solomon Iyasu, Diane L. Rowley for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division of Reproductive Health, and Randy L. Hanzlick for the National Center for Environmental Health Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects.
Includes bibliographical references p. 5-6.
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Pages in Document:print; vi, 22 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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